Nicholas zogg



(No Model.) N. ZOGG.

SASH CORD ASLST1EIN1E2BI 10.419,744'. Patented Jan. 21, 1890.

UNITED STATns nTnN OFFICE.

NICHOLAS ZOGG, OF N ENV YORK, N. Y.

SASH-CORD FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,744, dated January 21, 1890.'

Application filed February 27, 1889. Serial No. 301,325. (No model.) l

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS ZOGG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sash-Chain Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved means for securing to a window-sash the chain or cord by which the sash-balancing weight is suspended; and it consists in the construction of a metallic iianged, bored, and studded plate adapted to lit a recess in the side rail of the sash and to receive upon its stud the endloop of the said chain or cord, as will be hereinafter described and specifically claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents a sectional view of a portion of a window-sash and of the jamb and part of the sash-frame, showing my improved sash-cord fastener in position and the weightsuspending chain attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a view of the fastener with the chain attached, seen from the edge of the sash or in the direction of arrow l in Fig. 1, part of the sash being broken out to expose the chain and the interior of the bore-hole through which it passes before being attached to the fastener proper. Fig. 3 is a section of the fastener, seen in the same direction as Fig. 2and showing its adaptation for use with the old-fashioned link chain. Fig. 4 is a view of the fastener seen as in Fig. 2 with the ordinary cord attached to it.

A designates the side rail of the sash. B is the glass pane attached thereto.

O is the sash-frame.

D is the chain, preferably of the modern improved construction shown in Figs. l and 2.

E is the sash-pulley, F the weight, and G my improved fastener. This consists of a metallic, preferably circular, plate a, provided at right angles with perimetrical iiange b and a central stud d, all formed in one piece. The flange b is bored through to provide a hole or opening c for inserting the chain,hooking the last link thereon upon the stud CZ. Acircular recess g is formed in the side rail A, of proper size to receive and hold the said fastener G, and in line with the ordinary groove or chan nel f, which affords space to contain the sash cord or chain, is bored a hole e, with which the small hole c of the fastener gets into line when inserted in the recess g.

To attach the chain D to the sasli,itis only necessary to insert the fastener G in the recess g in the position shown in Figs. l and 2, then pass the chain down through the hole or bore e in the rail A, through the hole c in the flange b of the fastener, and hook the last link upon the stud CZ. No other fastening is needed to retain the parts in position, the fastener G being confined within the recess g and the chain within the hole c and bore e in the rail, and the weight F constantly keeping the chain taut.

If it is desired to use the old-fashioned link chain, it is only necessary to spread the parts of lowest link and connect their lower ends with a little longer pin before hooking them on the stud d; or if the stud is made thin enough to just accommodate the opening between the link parts the spreadingis not necessary.

Even the old-fashioned cord may be conveniently used by simply making a loop at the end thereof, inserting it in like manner as the chain, and hooking the loop upon the stud, as shown in Fig. 4.

It will be seen that the recess gbeingmade so that the fastener may be driven in and thereafter be securely held by friction, the chain or cord may then be connected and disconnected at will without having to remove and replace it, as has to be done with some fasteners, the stud of the said fastener being accessible unobstructedly when the fastener is so secured in its place, and the stud, being an integral projection of the face ofthe disk, is a permanent iixture of the fastener not needing to be fitted to the fastener in the first place nor to be applied in connecting the cord nor to be secured after having the cord connected by it, as in some fasteners consisting of a couple of disks secured together side by side and having an insertible and removable pin for connecting the cord or chain. Such small pins are objectionable to handle and rei quire to be riveted slightly at both ends to prevent them from working slack, which cannot be done after the fastener has been putin its IOO place, and, being so riveted, have to be pushed out whenever the cord or chain has to be disconnected for renewal.-

Having thus described my inVention,I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent- The combination, with the sash having a bored socket in the edge of the sill at and forming a junction with the lower end of the cord-channel, and with the sash-cord, of the sash-cord fastenerconsisting of the disk a, having centrally an integral stud d projecting from it at about right angles and perimetrically and projecting in the saine direction, a perforated ange Z), said fastener being inserted in said socket with the said perforation c in line with the cord-channel and with the stud d, extending to and flush with and accessibie at the surface of the sill when said disk is in the socket and in such position connectibie and disconnectible with the cord- Ioop or chain1ink,substantia11y as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as niy invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 23d day of February, 1889.

NICHOLAS ZOGG.

VVit-n esses A. W. ALMQvIsr,y VICTOR ALMQVIST. 

